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readline: difference between vi, vi-move, vi-command, vi-insert keymaps

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The readline(3) manpage lists these four (vi, vi-move, vi-command, vi-insert) as possible options for the setting. I have tried setting these different options and they seem to have no effect beyond what does. Probably the most succinct way to answer this question is to give an example of how chang…

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keymap (emacs)
          Set the current readline keymap.  The set of legal keymap  names
          is  emacs,  emacs-standard, emacs-meta, emacs-ctl…

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Fix for: readline: difference between vi, vi-move, vi-command, vi-insert keymaps

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TL;DR If you want the gist, skip to the heading (the last one). But wait! There's a fair bit of background info that may be needed though: eg, the difference between an and a . Particularly useful is the concept of a hybrid keymap for inserting text…

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